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Would you switch pedis? (long)
We have had Allie at the pedi twice in the past two weeks. She's been screaming for hours on end for about two + weeks and is no longer sleeping at night. The first time they told us she had a slight ear infection and gave her meds. They called to check on her and I said she was no better so they wanted to see her again yesterday.
They decided to (finally) start treating the reflux we've been bringing up for months now and gave us a prescription. DH took it to get filled and then picked it up late last night. I'm getting ready to give it to her and notice that the bottle says Prednisolone. I know that Prednisone is a steroid so it seemed odd to me. I read the pamphlet and there was NOTHING about reflux in there.
I called the pharmacy and they said it is generally not used for reflux and that they recommended checking with the doc. I called the on-call number (their mistake = emergency to me, haha) and spoke with the doc. He checked with the PA (who we saw yesterday) and called us back and said definitely not to give her the Prednisolone. She was supposed to have Zantac (duh!). He said he wasn't sure what happened but that they'd get it straightened out tomorrow when he got in the office. He closed the call by saying "good catch" to me which scared me even more for some reason.
What if I didn't read the pamphlet? How do you confuse a round of steroids with something as simple as Zantac? They don't even start with the same letter! I think I may be jaded because my doctor did something similar by giving me medicine that you shouldn't BF on but told me that I could still BF when Allie was 5 days old.
DH absolutely wants to switch doctors but I don't want to jump the gun just yet. DH also wants to know who is going to pay for the steroids, but that's another story, haha. I know mistakes happen but is this a forgivable one or would you switch pedis?
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Re: Would you switch pedis? (long)
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Ditto this.
generic zantac is ranitidine.
That is really scary. I would lean toward finding another pedi, if that's what you feel most comfortable with.
Mason Louise
Ditto this. Since I've worked in health care for almost 10 years I know that people, even doctors/pharmacists/PAs/etc. are human--we all make mistakes. That said, I don't think they handled their mistake very well. I think if the medication mixup were the only thing to happen you wouldn't be thinking of switching. I think a pedi is someone you should be completely comfortable with.
Good luck and hope Allie feels better ASAP!
This. For me, there is no room for error when it comes to DD. I consider this to be a pretty big mistake. What if you had given her the steroid for ten days or whatever and not known? I would absolutely switch.